So, did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in a plane crash or did he survive and go into hiding?

Sixty four files on Netaji, declassified by the West Bengal government, may finally solve the enduring mystery.

Ending years of wait on classified information on Subhas Chandra Bose and his family members the West Bengal government today declassified 64 such files which were in the possession of the Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police. The files are being kept at the Calcutta Police Museum, which is housed in the Office of Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police, North Division on 113 APC Road.


Files in their original form will be kept in a glass cabinet in the Kolkata Police Museum.


The digitised files in the form of a compact disc were handed over to members of the family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which included grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose and former MP Krishna Bose.


On Friday, the museum was opened only for members of Netaji family and media. The files will be opened for public on first come first serve basis from Monday. The announcement to declassify the files was made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on September 11.

Pic: An image of one of the declassified files.